Occupation

December 20, 2020

Channel 4 News’ ‘Israeli-Palestinian conflict’ echo chamber

The UK public service broadcaster Channel 4 is airing a series marking the 250th anniversary of Beet...

September 2, 2020

Sky News errs in claim Israeli occupation is “illegal”

An Aug. 31st Sky News article (“Historic first direct flight between Israel and UAE in wake of...

June 30, 2020

Another history-free ‘annexation backgrounder’ from BBC News

Despite the fact that the June 16th written backgrounder titled “Israel, annexation and the West B...

June 29, 2020

Bateman’s ‘annexation’ road trip reveals nothing new to BBC audiences

The BBC’s generous coverage of an event which has not happened (see ‘related articles’ below) ...

June 18, 2020

BBC News misrepresents ‘previous US positions’

On the afternoon of June 16th a report headlined “Israel’s West Bank annexation plan condemn...

April 3, 2020

The BBC, Coronavirus and population density

On March 31st an article by the BBC’s diplomatic correspondent Jonathan Marcus titled “Coronavir...

March 22, 2020

BBC’s ‘Newsday’ gives a platform to ‘occupation’ propaganda

On March 6th one of the editions of the BBC World Service radio programme ‘Newsday’ included an ...

February 18, 2020

BBC News recycles a well-told Nazareth story

A freelancer fails to cast any new light on an already well-told story. ...

February 4, 2020

BBC Radio 4 news implies previous existence of Palestinian state in US plan report

Under Jeremy Bowen’s baton, BBC audiences were once again deprived of information necessary for th...

January 31, 2020

Weekend long read

Our weekly round-up of Middle East related background reading. ...